Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-13
ALLAN QUAIERNAIN.
By H. RIDER HAGGARD.
AUTHOR OF KING soLoNoS's MINES" SIRE
"Jxss,"'rHE wIrcH's slAp." KrC.
CHAPTER UI.-CoNTINUED.

of tha hill the lower pnrtion of which was
fapc.i off sometimes with uuince fences and
.or,a,;m.s with rongb stone walls. into Kaftir
U.rdaps inst now fuIl of crots of mealies
1umptins' potatoes. etc, In the corners OF
- o.r,ans ua,,. ,yrou,,s of neat n,ushroou
.h.,,~s hints ocr,,n,sd Inv Mr. Nackenzie's
,,,;.s,on n.,;v.s who's w,om., and children
,,,,, ,,onr;,s, an, u, us., ms as Ne walked.
Throrrh the ce,,.r Of the gardens ran tl,.
ro.d~ey nm vhirh we were walking. IL was
horisr.5 q, zach side bv n line of orange
trsss which although thew had only been
,l.n,., ,.n ve,,s had in the lovely climate
N the unl,p6s be,ow Mt Kenia, the base of
vb;cb & ahou, 3 600 Zee; above the coast line
level already CROWN to inposinC PROPORTIONS,
ana vers ,,ositiys,v laden with golden fruit,
After a stiffish climb of a quarter of a mile or
.,-for tho hillside was steap--we came 10 a
.:, - - ~ ,o,,.,,J With
- NJ, w,o,,arvi, t,,a ne
.Ns - .,,o,,, fn,,r s.,,.s of cround tL,t
s a., -. ,..,,is,, bo,,ss church
- -,,,h,,Id;rFrs and i,desJ the whole hin
- -, don !. -,s, 7 have al
i,,.., ,,ooa s,ors.r and coui have
-. ,,,, ,,,,, - ,o,. ;ov whom saw Mr.
T..I-,.,s,s E,,st tbsrc were rows upon
-. If s,.r,,arI Fnrcnes, fruit trees. all
fS..a. Tor fl,af NJ a
~ ,s,,rsr.,e tb,t worry nearly NIL the
Cnc,;s, v.g,,.I,Ias tres and flowers flour
80, ,,,-,,,;.r,l, .v.p i,clulinc several VA
riet,rs of the apnIe, which, generally speak
inc rims 10 wood in a warm climate and
olstinately declines to fruit. Then there
v.,r ,,r,wbe,ries and tomatoes ls,,ch toma-
ec>sn and uslops and cucumbers. and indeed
.v.rv ,o,t ~ va,.,.hle and f,1,it-
LA or.r,.over,d with admiration not mn
.o.,,h.d hy snvv
.y.s onsnsre, the missionary. lit is a
-.-v ,,ood carlsr ond has We'll rsnaid nv
s.h,-. h,,, Il ;s the climate that / have TO
80 10 ,,or s,;ct , ,,ooch s.o,e into the
m -. -, ,,,,, f,,r,b xoo- ana
- III b,,o,, in n y.ar i, isa
80. -,
In, tla,, ,vo c,,,c tn n ditch obout ten feet
"a. .ra frn 81 ,,,,o,. ON the other sije IF
-h;ch was n bonboled Stone wall eight feet
h;rh .,b ,,;,l sh,,,, il;,ts n,entifully set in
,,,o,.t.r ON tho comm,
srp ..,s a., n,o,.a,v;s ,oirt;rr N
A.. 49,, "a IN .,.;s ;s ,,,, ,,.,,rn, onus.
:. t..s+ tb;s and the cbprcb which is the
-, "a. - ,ha bo,s, 7. tool- ma nrj
...;,,.. ,,,o ,-s.rs to dirr ;l, i.;.cb anil
- ~. Ii hr, I rnvor fslt s,ra tiI i. was
- T CAS-, a., oil Tho s,v.r-cS n,
49,, g., ,ho s,,;,,,- -. fI,s .ba ditch i
s-..ss ~. ,r.u 81 L,,,ll,s onr ,t the ton of
.nS:.- "a .,,,,,,,a- .l,t. anil I al
- -, . r,o,o ~ fnpr ,,,on,hs, provisiops
-
C.o...;,,, .,-,- . ,,r.r,. .,1 ,b,or,b n worry
,.rro,, oys,;p,- in the wall we entered into
-, m,s Mac,-onvia coIIed ber domain
,.n,.,,- ,ho e,,yor ,-,raa, tha hsoutv Of
49,. i ,..Ilv heror5 nv nov-a- 10 de.
~,,;h. Ia nod ,,,inl. I oyer saw sucb r.ses
,-,,,lsri,s or c,meIIi,s lsll reared from seeds
or ,.,,,,i,-s san. trnm Enslsndl. and there
- .ls., !, ,,,,rb civa, M ,o n collection Of
h,,Iho,,s ,o,ss Mostly co,lar.aa bv Miss FIos-
=. NJ MacLs,z;s,s Ii,,ls dauphte. from tin,
snrroundinu country. some of waieh were
srrr.esinpIy bcau.ifuL In the middle Of thi,
c,naen and exactly o,posits the veranda. a
t,eoptifnl fountain Of Clear water bui.bled up
from the ,-round- and fell into a store work
t>sin which had been carefully built to re-
ce,vs, whence the overflow found its way
nv means Of a drain to the moa. round the
outer wall this moat in its turn serving as
re.eryoir. whence On unfailing suppiy Of
v.ter was available to irrigate all the gar
d.ns below The house itself, massivelv
huils single storisi buil6iur was rooted with
,l.bs of Stone md had n handsome yersnda
=. 49, . -. - -
sonare the fourth side being taken ND by the
kieehens. which stood separate from the house
xerv good plan in a hot country. In the
c.os.~ Of this snusre TINS formed was perhaps.
the p,ose remarkable object tina. we had We,
-, i'm t,,is charming mace. and that Was a
sins,e tree of the confer tribe, varieties Of
vhich crow freely ON the highlands of this
- - f,,c. This s,,lsp6id 1r,.a which NJ
T..s.,,,;. ,nfo,,ad ne was a ls,5m.rk for
an, niIe, round and which wa had ourselves
s..n for the last forty miles of our Journey.
,n,,.s have b,,pn some $40 feet in Ieirb. the
800 ,,,.or,,,,,,,, ,r,,,. 10 foat u, ;.m.,a- o,
-, fro,,, ,be ,,o,,,d Eor sor,o so,,e,tv